Chicago, ILL
March 3-20
My dearest Fanny,
Your sweet letter to hand and as always you know your letter brings much joy and pleasure to me. I watch that Postman like a cat watches a rat. Your letter of March 1th to hand and I read it over and over. I wrote you a ltter last night and one to your kid bro. You know Ben said if he would sleep with me he would kick me out of bed and I told him I would chain his feet so the could not do it. Just wait till Ben comes to Chicago. I will show him our fair city the way he call it. I expect Ben has never been here. I talk to Fanny B last night and told her I had received such cute pcitures of the dogs and she said I got you beat I got some yesterday from ben but I did not say a word about Ben coming if he comes this coming Sautrday or rather Sunday. Gee I wish it were you coming along but as you say many times in your letter what is the use of wishing. The hide market is rather low, we got 42 lbs for calves hides. We are ahving real nice weather the last few day and I hope it keep up this way because it sure was a long winter.
Dear I am feeling better but when it gets towards 5pm my back start to ache and I get weak in the knee if cause this will go away. I getting to believe I had the flu last week and did not know it because I never got so tired like I do know. But that will go away. last night when i was ready to go to bed I took a bath of citrate of magnesia and it sure done well and when I am through writing to my love I going to mail this letter come home and take a hot bath and go to bed early and see if I can’t get feeling like I use too. Yes dear there is no place like home sweet home and I sure do know it because I been in this big city long enough to know it. Eight years without a home and some times I get mighty lonesome but dear you know we can’t always be tiyed to our mothers from string all the time.
So you had a letter from Flora well I have not seen her since that time at Fuente. I called up Fuenta the other day and she was not home. She was at Hellne house. I have not seen Fuente and the Scharman for a few week you know dear I did not go anywhere because i did not feel like myself and had to go to the store and was glad when the day was over so I could go home and take care of myselfe. The folks here have been wondering why I don’t come but I told them I did not feel good. Honey if there is any music you want and you can’t get it there let me know and I will get it for you because there is a store just across the street from our market where I can get any kind of sheet music.
Honey there was nothing special in Ben letter. He is only teasing you. Well if you were here I would kiss you 50-11 times but this way I can only kiss your picture. Give my love and kisses to mother and Dady Heymann from there brand new son. my best to the bros and love and kisses and hugs to you dear from your lover.
